Region Guide

Kansas City Area

The Kansas City area serves up some of the most incredible contrasts. Cosmopolitan Kansas City communities and suburbs stretch across rolling hills and steep bluffs, while quiet river towns lounge on wooded banks of the Missouri River. Here’s the place to indulge your taste for variety. From first-class dining and professional theater to hot concerts and first-rate sports. Explore history and take in the museums. Or take home your own treasure from a wealth of shops, boutiques and antique stores. Get carried away at a festival. You’re bound to carry away some great memories when you visit the Kansas City region.

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Make time for quiet places.

Not every destination needs noise to be meaningful.

Fort Leavenworth

Fort Leavenworth was established on May 8, 1827, by Colonel Henry Leavenworth and 188 officers and men of the 3rd Infantry Regiment who traveled by keelboat up the Missouri River…

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Cities

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Keep it easy.

The best days usually come without pressure or overplanning.

Bonner Springs

In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas…

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Worth the stop.

Some places don't need much time, just the right moment.

Lenexa

The Shawnee Indian tribe called this area home from roughly 1825-1860, before moving on to…

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Stay a little longer.

Rushing through a place rarely does it justice.

Kansas City

There's a place on the northeast border of Kansas where the Missouri River meets the…

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Simple trips are often the best.

You don't need much for a place to leave an impression.

Gardner

With its own settlement roots dating back to 1857, Gardner, Kansas holds a unique distinction…

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Not every place needs a reason.

Sometimes it's enough just to be there.

Leavenworth

Leavenworth, the "First City in Kansas," established in 1854 is located on the west banks…

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Let the road decide.

Plans are useful, but flexibility is where the real discoveries happen.

Louisburg

Just below the banks of a small tributary, now known as Rabbit Creek, near a…

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Somewhere between here and nowhere.

The spaces in between are often the most memorable.

Lansing

The community of Lansing was incorporated as an official city of Kansas in 1959, but…

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Make time for quiet places.

Not every destination needs noise to be meaningful.

Basehor

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Outdoors

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Events

Upcoming Events

Jun
11–13
Abdallah Shrine’s Rodeo & Demo Derby
Gardner
Jun
12–13
Lansing DAZE
Lansing
Jun
12–13
Mustang Club of Greater Kansas City Annual Mustang & Ford Show
Olathe
Jun
12–13
Great Lenexa Barbeque Battle
Lenexa
Jun
20
Juneteenth Parade and Celebration
Kansas City
Jun
26
PARKED! Music, Food Trucks & Fireworks
Shawnee
Jun
27
July 4th Customer Appreciation Scramble
Fort Leavenworth
Jun–Jul
27–4
Flags 4 Freedom
Merriam
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Golf Courses

  • 25 in Kansas City Area

Golf Tournaments

  • 21 in Kansas City Area

Museums

  • 21 in Kansas City Area

Festivals

  • 19 in Kansas City Area

Car Shows

  • 16 in Kansas City Area

Military

  • 14 in Kansas City Area

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Explore a County Wyandotte County 2 cities  ·  4 counties in Kansas City Area

Home to 150,000 midwesterners, Wyandotte County is sprawled over 111 square miles of fertile Kansas riverbank where the Kansas and…

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Explore a City Bonner Springs 9 attractions  ·  16 cities in Kansas City Area

In the Bonner Springs area you'll find some of the hottest attractions in the Kansas City area. Whether you choose…

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